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when I attempt to return to my home page, a Yahoo search page appears. How do I get rid of the intrusive search page?

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Donald Davignon
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how do I delete the Yahoo search page that has replaced my home page?

how do I delete the Yahoo search page that has replaced my home page?

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Paul
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Hi David

This support article should help:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-set-the-home-page

You may also want to check to see if you have any add-ons installed that may also set the homepage to Yahoo.

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cor-el
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You can check for recently installed suspicious or unknown extensions.

Start Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration or if userChrome.css/userContent.css is causing the problem.

  • switch to the Default System theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Troubleshoot Mode start window
James
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No version of Firefox from mozilla.org has come with anything Yahoo related for some 5 1/2 years now /forums/contributors/712925 so I agree this may be due to an extension you have installed or updated in Firefox recently as some have done such before in past.